New York, September 29: U. S. Republican presidential candidate John McCain and his running mate Sarah Palin have been depicted as animals in an artwork.
Created by Tim Rollings in just a couple of weeks, the piece features Palin's face on the body of a moose and that of McCain on the body of a puppy.
"She even looks halfway decent as a moose," the New York Daily News quoted one art lover as commenting.
The artwork is on display at the Pratt Manhattan Gallery through December.
Mamond Agency, Sept 29: Despite unhappiness expressed by Pakistan over US’ air strikes over the past few weeks, the US and NATO spy planes and helicopters continued to violate Pakistan’s airspace on Sunday.
According to a private TV report, the US drones were seen flying over Mamond and areas of North and South Waziristan causing panic among local people.
Besides, two NATO helicopters were also seen hovering over Chaman near the Pak-Afghan border, the Daily Times quoted the TV report as saying.
Following these two incidents, the Frontier Corps (FC) personnel were placed on high alert, even as FC sources said that NATO helicopters had not crossed the border at Chaman, but were seen flying over the border.
Hong Kong - Hong Kong officials Monday welcomed the bailout deal for the US economy but questioned whether the 700 billion US dollars in the package will be enough to revive global money markets.
Hong Kong's financial secretary John Tsang said he hoped the rescue package could be implemented quickly so that it would stabilize not only the US economy but the global financial system.
Hong Kong Monetary Authority chief executive Joseph Yam said the plan would reduce the danger of further failures of financial institutions in the US.
New York, Sept 29: Pakistan President Asif Ali Zaradri has said that he wanted to suck life out the Taliban and other terrorists so that the menace of terrorism is uprooted for ever in his country.
He said he wanted to fight out the Taliban because it were a cancer to the Pakistani society which killed his wife.
Washington - Congress on Sunday was on the threshold of sealing a controversial 700-billion-dollar bailout deal intended to pull the US back from the edge of a financial meltdown.
The measure, which is intended to thaw out frozen credit lines with a government purchase of toxic mortgage assets and securities, could go for a vote as early as Monday.
Conservative Republicans in the House of Representatives were still waiting to see the final draft written by staffers who worked through the night, but they indicated they had oral agreement on some of their demands that Wall Street carry more of the plan's burden.
New York, September 29: U. S. Republican presidential candidate John McCain and his running mate Sarah Palin have been depicted as animals in an artwork. 
Hong Kong - Hong Kong officials Monday welcomed the bailout deal for the US economy but questioned whether the 700 billion US dollars in the package will be enough to revive global money markets.
Lima - In the north of Peru a tour bus plunged 150 metres down into a ravine 
New York, Sept 29: Pakistan President Asif Ali Zaradri has said that he wanted to suck life out the Taliban and other terrorists so that the menace of terrorism is uprooted for ever in his country.
